Uber

Barclays and Macquarie estimated that the companies will spend an extra $2,000 to $3,600 per driver annually.

In late August, Uber installed several self-service kiosks at Toronto Pearson International Airport.

With enough investor capital and vision, profit might not matter as much as analysts think.

Uber Freight makes it a point to meet drivers and carriers where they are.

Anthony Levandowski, a star engineer at Google and Uber, is charged with 33 counts of theft and attempted theft in a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday, August 27.

Since Uber went public in May 2019, journalists and analysts have sharpened their skepticism regarding the viability of the company’s sweeping ambition and future-reliant success. A 23 percent drop in the company’s stock shares (as of August 19) and its second quarter loss of $5 billion, mostly due to stock-based compensation, cause investors to wonder […]

Traffic congestion in the developing world is driving a flourishing on-demand bus market.

Uber’s second quarter as a public company saw a loss much worse than the consensus estimate. Revenue increased significantly at Uber Freight, so did the losses.

Logistics platform launches in second European country, where the trucking industry and shippers contend with a growing driver shortage and too many empty kilometers.

Plus: Cannabis marketplace EAZE cuts revenue projections by half; Uber funds Seattle congestion pricing report.

On this episode Dooner & Chad are talking the trucking apocalypse, grounded Boeing 737 MAXs, the e-scooter conundrum, Amazon’s Prime Day, and so much more!

On the backhaul edition of WTT?!?, Dooner and Chad are talking seized ships, spilled money, Amazon’s big bet on its own employees, Uber drivers becoming employees and so much more! Listen in now and then catch the live show on FreightWaves’ Facebook page live Mondays and Thursdays!

Ben Thrower writes about the potential of Facebook’s new cryptocurrency.

Plus: strawberry imports surge, Illinois cannabis law favors minority vendors; scooter accidents on the rise

Seattle, San Francisco and other West Coast cities have dramatically expanded water taxi service over the past few years.

On our weekend edition Max Farrell of WorkHound spends 5 Good Minutes, Uber releases facility insights reports, Texas makes mail theft a crime, trucker cargo hostage crises, round 2 of Brad vs Chad in Earnings Over/Under, and so much more.

“Uber for kids” companies view school transportation as a growth market.

Today on FreightWaves NOW, carriers need to take advantage of YOY rate increases happening right now. Meanwhile, the economic outlook for the freight industry isn’t pretty. Recent Wall Street reports are bullish on Uber and ECHO has a similar trajectory.

AllianceTexas will now have a mobility innovation zone for companies to test their futuristic transportation technology before commercial deployment.

Plus: Gold miner hatches plan to avoid tariffs